cylinder head

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noun

(in a reciprocating engine or pump) a detachable plate or cover on the end opposite to that from which the piston rod or connecting rod projects.

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Origin of cylinder head

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby cylinder head

cylinder barrel, cylinder block, cylinder desk, cylinder front, cylinder glass, cylinder head, cylinder press, cylinder saw, cylinder seal, cylindraceous, cylindrical

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How to use cylinder head in a sentence

The valves are placed directly in the cylinder head and are operated by a common pushrod.
Aviation Engines|Victor Wilfred Pag
McTerza was put on the mails, and, coming down one day on the White Flyer, he blew a cylinder-head out of the 416.
The Nerve of Foley|Frank H. Spearman
Sometimes one cylinder head is cast in the same piece with the engine frame.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them|James H. Stephenson
To tell just where the trouble is you must take off the cylinder head, after setting the engine on the forward center.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them|James H. Stephenson

The inside of the cylinder should be well greased, which can be done by removing the cylinder head.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them|James H. Stephenson

British Dictionary definitions for cylinder head

cylinder head

noun

the detachable metal casting that fits onto the top of a cylinder block. In an engine it contains part of the combustion chamber and in an overhead-valve four-stroke engine it houses the valves and their operating mechanismsSometimes shortened to: head

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